One Five-Year Strategy for a State-Owned Tech Group

In the Gulf, state-owned technology entities have been created to help diversify economies beyond oil and gas. Some operate through specialized subsidiaries, each with its own KPIs but a shared mandate. 

Such national enterprises must balance long-term strategic ambitions with operational efficiency and governance. 

A leading Middle Eastern technology organization sought to develop a comprehensive five-year strategy for itself and its subsidiaries, aligning corporate objectives with actionable plans while enhancing decision-making and organizational design.

The group needed to turn its ambitions into a plan that the whole organization could deliver. It wanted to: 

• Develop and align a five-year strategy covering both the parent company and its subsidiaries. 
• Ensure strategic alignment across subsidiaries with diverse business models. 
• Translate corporate objectives into actionable KPIs and operational plans. 
• Set up a Strategy Delivery Office (SDO) to drive execution. 
• Optimize its organizational design and governance. 
• Improve decision-making and reporting to its shareholder. 

Sia worked with the group's leadership to move from strategy to execution. The approach included: 

• Strategy review and audit: a review of the existing strategy and a strategy audit to establish a clear starting point. 
• Corporate objectives and KPIs: the development of group-level objectives and KPIs. 
• Strategic plans: the preparation of strategic plans for the parent company and each of its subsidiaries, aligned with the group strategy. 
• Governance and organization: the optimization of organizational design and governance, including the creation of the Strategy Delivery Office. 
• Executive Dashboard: a dashboard to improve decision-making and shareholder reporting. 

The key deliverables were a comprehensive market analysis, a strategy execution framework, and training for the group's leadership in strategy execution and management methodologies. 

Sia delivered an aligned five-year strategy across the parent company and its subsidiaries, a Strategy Delivery Office to drive implementation, and a strategy execution framework backed by an Executive Dashboard that supported decisions and shareholder reporting. The group's leadership was also trained in the methods needed to run the strategy over time. 

By combining strategic rigor, a pragmatic execution framework and a focus on building leadership capability, Sia helps public-sector entities turn long-term strategy into delivered results.